Tomorrow night, American DJ Bert Bevans, dubbed "a true legend of disco music", will visit Hà Nội’s Camelia Lounge. He will man the decks at the new hotspot on the third floor of the Melia Hanoi Hotel for the Studio 54 Disco Party.

The Goethe Institute in HCM City will host an introduction to the third edition of the photobook TP. Hồ Chí Minh: MEGA City (HCM City: Mega City) by Michael Waibel on October 9.

HCM City-based underground performers and artists will gather at a party at Piu Piu on October 10.

Dutch artist Marjon Barton will display a collection of her new work at Vin Gallery from October 8 to October 29.

The exhibition Vũ Dân Tân and The Music will open on Friday at the Goethe Institute to mark the late artist’s 70 birth anniversary.

Norwegian conductor Magnus Loddgard will conduct both Norwegian and Vietnamese works with cellist Nguyễn Tấn Anh and soprano South Korean Cho Hae Ryong at a concert with the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) on October 9.

The 21st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) kicks off on Thursday, with an extended row over artistic freedom and a boycott by high-profile local cineastes threatening to undermine its reputation as Asia’s premier movie showcase.

Soprano Phạm Khánh Ngọc of the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) won the second prize at the SLO- ASEAN Vocal Competition in Singapore last weekend.

The children’s book market in Việt Nam has become more and more diversified with the launch of many new publishers and bookstores. Educational expert Nguyễn Thụy Anh, who initiated Đọc Sách Cùng Con (Reading with Children) Club, shares her views:

A concert featuring Vietnamese and Spanish melodies will take stage at Việt Nam National Academy of Music (VNAM) with performances by pianist Mario Mora, Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor David Gomez Ramirez on Friday.

Young singers who gained fame at local singing contests are finding a way back to glory with new releases.

Renowned theatre researcher, director and producer Kiều Tấn, former head of HTV’s Theatre and Music Unit, has worked in the industry more than 40 years. Tấn has helped many young artistes improve their talent by training through performing.

A woman and her grandchild in Phó Bảng Village, the northern mountainous province of Hà Giang. — VNA/VNS Photo Thái Hà

A funeral of the ethnic Mông minorities in Quản Bạ District, the northern mountainous province of Hà Giang. — VNA/VNS Photo Thái Hà

German singer-composer-producer Thomas Anders, part of the duo Modern Talking, a famous European pop band from the 80s, will perform in Hà Nội on November 26. The one-night concert, which will give fans the chance to enjoy all the band’s hits, will be held at Mỹ Đình National Convention Hall.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Cần Thơ has won the 2016 Asian Townscape Award from the Asia-Pacific regional office of the UN Human Settlements (UN-HABITAT) programme.

The three-day Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival of the ethnic minorities of northwestern Việt Nam ended yesterday in Lào Cai Province.

Indian author Arundhati Roy announced on Monday that her second novel will be published in 2017 — 20 years after she won the Booker Prize for her debut one.

People’s Teacher, art critic and painter Uyên Huy has published  a book that documents trends in 20th century fine arts in the southern region with more than 200 black-and-white and colour images.